Cheryl and I had a long discussion last night over why Tom and I fight so much. I proposed that Tom often starts by making some snide comment about me and I just respond. Tom then responds and we just keep going on and on. But this can't be true because I'm sure I do the same thing.

Cheryl proposed that Tom and I are so competitive that we often look at the negatives of each other's lives rather than encouraging all the positives. I don't think that's true either because Tom and I have often times spoken seriously and done just that to each other. It's only when we're bantering that we make such competitive comments like "My sister would never date you, Aaron" or "That's ok, I can just buy your sister with all my money" that we start angering each other.

In all honesty, constantly fighting with Tom is rather tiring and sad because in the end I think it keeps us at a distance from each other. Despite this, I think we just like pushing each other's buttons and regardless of long-term effects, and I don't see anything ever really changing.